Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1883 — Page 7

THE INDIAWA STATE SENTINEL. 7EDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1883.

THE HOME. It La not doubted that men ave a homo la that place where each one has etablishel his hearth tad, the sum of tola prMss'iUna sui fortunes; whence be will not depm ti nothlsg ealla hia ay; whence if ho has departed he sjina to be a derer, and If hcTJtarns he ceastfc to wander. Ulan Crom Civil Law. Then stay at home, my heart, and rest, ..'be bird is safest iu the net; er Ml thai flutter their wings ana flj, i D'; is boverinj; ia the tic." Loucfellow.

OLK lOUMU fOl KS. Her Four Hoy Cousins. Youth's Coiuuaniou. If ever a name met with the corJial disapprobation of its po"8i..-or. it was Ann Maun'.. She was named after her mother's oldest sister. Alis Aim Ilajrley. but "Ann Haßley isn't half as bad." she oiteu ail. "It's bad enough, hut Ann Mann has such a ridiculous (.'hincse jingle about it, that I don't wonder that people ofti-u lauh w lien they hear it for the first time. Ann and Ler father, mother and Aunt Ann livedo, very happy life together in a pleasant city home. A brother or sister the young: girl never had, hut she was rich in boy coiinin.s. There were fiveof these delightful relatives. They were the onsof Mr. Mann's four Kisters, and lived within a stone's throw of each other, in a country town . only half a day's journey by rail from the city in which their fair cousin resided. They consisted of Benjamin atid Archibald Uutton, a'ed reflectively, at the time of cur tory, eighteen and sixteen; Nelon Knight, aged seventeen; Frank (Jreen, aud MXteen: aud la-st. and least in Iiis own opinion and in that of everybody else except his mother's Jacob Corning, who was Iii teen, a very atadious, homely and bashful boy. Not a daughter was in either family. So when Ann went to spend her vacations anion; her sisterh sa cousins, she was the, recipient of their undivided attentions. Ana u studying diligently, preparatory to the examinations, which she hoped were to result in her promotion at school, when the took a severe cold. Pneumonia set in. J'or hours her life hung by a thread, but her atroag constitution carried her over the crisis, and then she wa left with a dismal, wearing cough. 8he took conch-syrups until the very mention of them nauseated her, and she ate sough-drops upon the recommendation of anxious friends, and still she coughed and grew thinner every day. "I an getting very uneasy about Ann's cough," said Mrs. Mann to her .sister, one day. two months later.. "Since her sickness she has coughed co nstantly, and it seems to me to have a more hollow bound every day." "Of coure it has; und I must say, 1 think it isa tin the ay you and Charley are letting the child go oii, said Miss ISauley. who was always veiy opinionated when the welfare of her beloved iiarm-sake was concerned. Co on? What do you mean?'' "1 mean." Mis Bagfey replied, "you've let her fro back to school and study herself to death, for that examination Vhe's always talking alxMit. It's home front school, olF with her things, and .study, study, study, till dinner-time; ar;d after dinner, it's hurry upstairs and study, study, study again tili bed-time. Nowr what possible chance has sin to get rid of her cough'.'' "You know Ann, Mrs. Mann protested, m .self defence, l opposed her KOing back to school this year; but she was so lieart broken alout it'that I finally gave way. You are rieht. I am sure, and she will probably not get rid of her rouh until she luaves school; but how to induce her to do so, and not make her miserable, I'm shure I dou't know." "Sr. gar-coat the pill," said Misa Bagley, sententious!)'. "What do you mean?" asked Mrs. Mann. "Why. Ann will not like the remedy for her cough; but put sugar enough on the pill, she'll take it eagerly," Miss lJagley explained. "Perhaps so." said Mrs. Mann, thoughtfully; "but what kind of sugar'." "Trip to Europe," was Miss Bagley's laughreply. "Trip to Europe!" Mrs. Mann repeated, with a huge exclamation point in hei voice. "There's yoursugar.Miss Bagley proceeded, calmly; "and enough of it to make the pill acceptable, I'll venture to say. She's been longing to go abroad for the last two years." The same evening, Miss Bagley's plan was made known to Mr. Mann, and met with his approval. 'And now," aid he, "the sooner she leaves ncbool the better: so we will administer the pill to-morrow." Accordingly, the next day, at dinner Mr. Mann began. "Ann, that cough of yours doesn't seem to get any better, does it?"' "No. papa." Ann reluctantly admitted: "but then it doen t seem to gel any worse, either " "I am not sure of that. At any rate, it n really a matter of doubt whether j our couh ever will be better, if you continue to contine yourself to your books." "But, papa," Ann began to protest, eagerly, "Pin studying for the examination, you know.' "Yes; and as long as you stay in school yon will be tempted to overwork; that's just the trouble." "Why, fapa, yoa don't mean you can not want" and Ann stopped and choked. "Yes, 1 do want, and that very much, for your life may depend upon it, that you should leave school immediately," said her father, earnestly. "o pap" Ann exclaimed, bursting into tears. "There! there! pray don't cry, until I'm through.'' said her father. "As I have said, I want you to leave school immediately, and then I want you to try what change of air will do tor you; and so, in a few weeks, we will start for Kurope " '0 papa!" Ann again exclaimed, but this time in a very ditferent tone. "Yes. we wiil ko to Kurope and trv and lose the cough on the way." said Mr. Mann. "And more than this, 1 want to ask how you would like to invite one of your cousins to go with us?" "It would be just delightful, papa" "I thought so," said her father. Well, which boy shall it be?'" "ih dear!" exclaimed Ann. an expression of profound perplexity corning over her face. "Pro ure I don't know. If one of the boys had only sometime rescued me from danger, or done me some unusual favor, it would aäord a sufficient reason for taking him in preference to either of the others. But, you See, not one of them has ever done a particularly heroic thing.'that I know of, certainly not for me, and at the same time, they are all jxut assailant and attentive ;is they can be.." "H'm! I never yet saw the boy in his teens that wouldn't show. olf his best to a goodlooking girl-cousin," said Aunt Ann. who ws not an admirer of boys in her teens. "Why. Auntinn! what do vou mean? You speak a. though the boys put on and took olF their jKjIiteness as they do their suits, said Ann, in a rather reproachful tone. "Well, I've no doubt they do," said Aunt Ann, composedly. "Anyway, what I am getting at is, it is no test of what they really are, or what their manners really are, the way they act towardäjou. or, for the matter of that, towards any pretty drL" "I wonder if the boys really do just polish up the manners, as they do their boots, for the benefit of their girls," thought Annas they went up stairs. "I wish I could think of some good way to test them and find out." A few days after this conversation, Mrs. Dutton received a letter 1 .-om her brother, which read as follows: "Dkar Sikti:r: If convenient, Ann will run down for a few days visit among vou all ECXt Thursday. She will take the afternoon train, and it will therefore be dark when she strives. So, as she is timid even about taking the stage alone so law, will one of the bovs please be sure and meet her at the depot?" "JIurrali for Coruia Ana?" cried Archie,

when he heard the letter read. "There's g-d cews for us fellows. Ben." "Thai's so:" aid Ben. heartily. "We must go round alter tea and tell the rest of the boys." In the evening, accordingly, Ben and Archie went the rounds of the relatives with the joyful tidings that Cousin Ana was rou.ii;g to make a visit. Bach boy, as the news reached him. joined those who had brought it, in carrying it to the next family, until they found themselves, all together, iu Aunt I'eila Coming's sitting-room. There, while they regaled themselves with apples and DDK they laitl plans for Ann's visit, "Jn the lirst place," said Ben, who, by reason of his seniority, always assumed the leadership among his cousins, "in the first place I'll take the new buggy and meet her." "That's cool.'" cried Archie, "ioingto do the hospital-'ty for all of us, and all by yourself at that! No, sir. I guess I'll go along Plenty of room for three in the new i.i'.g;;y." "1 guess vou won't'" said Bn, emphatically but good huinordly. "It'n my place as the olJcst cousin to do the hospitality, as yon say: and I'm not going shares on my rights, sir." "Then I'll tell you what I shall do. I'll spruce up the old nui'y, and represent the family by going after Cousin Ann iu that," said Archie. "Now, see here," said Nelson; "just hecause I'neie Charles happened to write to Aunt Mar)', there's no reason why you fellows should meet Cousin Ann than why any of the rest of us should. She's going to visit us all. and Uncle Charles dosen't say she's going to your home lirst. No w I sav, 'first come, first served, So I'm going to drive down to the depot, and if I can get at Cousin Ann r.t. I shall take her home with me." "Capital idea, N'el!" said Krank; "and just what was in my mind when you soke. So I guess I'll take the phaeton and drive down too, and try my luck at cutting you all out." "Come! come! It seems to me it'sgoing to make it rather embarrassing forCoasiu Ann to lind us all at the station. Why, she will have to choose which one she'll go home with," said Ben, who was perceptibly chagrined at the turn ailaira had taken. "No reason why it should be so, any more when she's at a party and becomes a partner in a tlay to the first fellow who asks her," said 'rank. "As N1 says, it'll have to be 'first come, first served. The first fellow that asks her gets her, and the re-t of us must not grumble.'' "Look at Jakeboys. will you," said Archie, laughing, and pointing at Jacob with his nut-pick. "lie looks happy and interested nt the prosj ect of seeing his cousin, don't he?" Jake, who wa sitting almost behind the frtove, looked rather embarrassed as the public attention was thus directs! toward? him, and said, deprecatiugly. "What am I doing now, Archie?" "Boing? That's just it; you're not doing anything. You .sit there, more like an old man who is thinking of dead and buried people, than like a young fellow thinking of seeing a pretty cousin." "i l course, 1 am as glad, in my way, that Cousin i,nn's coming as the rest of you are." "Jake's way won't ever bi apt to succeed with the ladies, will it. boys'.'" said Ben, who considered his own to be quite irresistible. "Thinking ol going down to the cars Thursday, to take your chance with the rest f us, Jake?" Crank inquired, with a quizzical air that made the others laugh. "Weil' said Jake, Mushing a little, AS lie always did when iea.-ed bv his cousin, "I was thinking erhaps I'd go and see the fun." "Won't enter the lists, hey?' Frank jerHStcd. "No: why should I ? There are too many of you now. 1 shall want to see who gets her. and how it's done." "Never mind how the)' tease you, Jake," said Mrs. Corning, after the guests had gone. "You've the best heart in the lot. and I know it Some day other people will find it ut.too. ' The eaperly-anticipated Thursday came, and the boys, having prevailed upon their tutor to grant them a holiday in honor of the occasion, devoted the day to preparations for Cousin Ann's reception and entertainment. Bright a ud early, Archie began the "sprucing-up'' of the old buggy, his ellorts being attended with such success that, as he declared, "it looked every bit as good as the new one." Bater on, Ben rolled out the new buggy and gave it a thorough dusting; while, up the ro.nl. Nelson did the same to his buggy, and still a little further up the road, Frank's phaeton was undergoing a similar process. An hour before train-time found a wellgroomed horse attached to each conveyance, while the bovs were each of them putting the finishing touches to their toilets. ftven Jake, catching the infection of the hour, put on his Sunday suit and whistled softly as he blacked his boots. "Why don't you hitch up the horse.Jakey, and try your hand at cutting-out fwr once?" his mother asked, laughing. "I can't do it, mother," said Jake, putting on his oven-oat; 'Tip not the sort of a fellow girls like.'' Jake walked to the depot and found his four cousins already there. Ben had brought with him the choir boy to hold the horse, while he betook himself to the waiting room. Archie had engaged one of the depot loungers to perform the same service for him. Nel.-on Lad turned his reliable horsa with his bark to the track, and tied him securely; while Frank, being at a loss what disposition to make, for the time being, of his horse, catching sight of Jake, called out "Here, Jake, get in and hold Bill, while I get out there's a good fellow!" and Jake, always ready to accommodate, did as he was asked. The whistle sounded in the distance, and soon the train stopped at the platform. The cousins started forward. There were a large number of lady passengers getting off the cars, and each was carefully scrutinized by the boys. "She hasn't come!" said Frank, as the last ladypa.sed them. "Not unless she was in the lirst car. and got IT further up. and has gone into the waiting room," said Nelson. All four, accordingly, ran to the waiting room. Ben reached the door lirst, and opening it wide enough to admit his head, looked in and saw, by the dim light of a solitary lamp, a lady, wearing a heavy shawl, a large poke bonnet and a black lace veil. "Whew!" ejaculated Ben, quickly withdrawing his head. "It's Aunt Ann I know her dress! We're sold!" "Iiet's get away before she sees us," said Archie. And, with one accord, they I eat a hasty retreat. "Here I am. boys; wait! I'm afraid to go alone!' called the forsaken "old one," in a shrill voice. She had seen Ben's head, and started in a moment for the door of the waiting room. There she called again, "Benjamin! Archie! I'm here!" The roys did not seem to hear, but jumped into their buggies and drove oil a rapidly as possible. "You don't catch roe playing the agreeable to a crusty old maid!" said 15en, as he drove of!' at a fast trot. "Xext time we'll ask uncle to specify whether he means old Ann or vounjr Ann. Cet up. there!" said Archie, followings his brother's example. "Guess she'll have to overcome her maid?n timidity, and take the stage." said Nelson, as he started oil. "What's up, anyhow?" Jake asked, in bewilderment, as Frank took the reins from h'm. "Why, we've been a lot of idiots.and taken for gran ted Cncle Charles meintCousin Ann; that's all!" answered Frank, resentfully. "And who did he mean?" Jake inquired, his perplexity deepening. "Why, he meant that antiquated old maid. Aunt liagley; that's who! I guess the stage is good enough for her, or any other old maid." replied Frank "Won't you ride up?" he added, as Jake was jumping out. "No, thank you," said Jake, "I uoha not. fJooU-oigU."

As the boys drove off, the forlorn old onehorse Mage came up. "It is a spooky old coneern."thought Jake: "I wonder if she'll really be afraid? I've a great raind"--a:sd then lie started ofTfor the waiting-room. Misa Bogley was not outside, so Jake went softly to the window and looked in. There she was. to be sure, and"Cryiiig. a true as I live!" he Gaid to himself, and. without hesitating, he pushed open the door and w ent in Miss Bagley did not look up as he entered; she kept her handkerchief at her eves. But that made it all the easier for Jake, who walked up to her and laid. "How do you do. Aunt Bagley? The stage has come, and I guess we'd better get right in and hurry home." And he took up her frachel and shawl strap and traveling cloak, and led the way, followed by Misa Bagley, who seemed too much overcome, with the surprise and relief his sudden appearance occasioned, to say a word. "Wonder if she's cold?"' thought Jake, as they started, feeling himself the ebillness of the night air; and rather to his surprise, be found himself saying, "Are you cold, Äüss Bagley? Hadn't you better pat your cloak around you?" The stage clattered so that he could not hear her reply, but he felt her reach out for the cloak, which he helped her adjust, to the best of his ability. "Oucht to say something, I suppose," was the next suggestion of Jake's polite heart; so, acting upon it, be shouted out, "Leave 'em all well at home, ma'am?" But between her murtings and the noise of the stage, he could only guess at her answer. "She isn't much" at talking," he thought, and so he considerately proceeded to substitute remarks for questions; as "Pretty cold weather for March," and "Father's been laid up with rheumatism six weeks; just getting about again." Kven while trying to beguile the time in this way, the ride seemed long for poor Jake. He helped Mis Bagley alight; guided her up the piazza steps and uehered her into the sitting-room. Then, depositing the luggage on one chair, he quickly drew up another nearer the atove and said, "Now Aunt Bagley, please sit here and get warm, while I go and call mother." "Bear me! Ana it wasn't little Ann, Charles meant at all!" said Mrs. Corning, when Jake announced the guest. "Well, well, I'm surprised myself. But vou did just right to bring her here, Jakev.' And then she went in to welcome Miss Bagley. She returned in a very few moments, her face so abounding in smiles that she looked the iersonilication of hospitality, and said, "Now, Jakey, you go in and talk to her, while. I help Polly dish the supper " Jake obediently went back to the sittingroom, wondering, on the way, "what more there was to talk about." He entered, and saw, in the chair he had placed for Miss Bagley, only that lady's shawl, bonnet and veiL "Mother must have had her go up stairs to get ready for supper, thought Jake, glad to have the impending conversation ostponed. and he stepped briskly forward in order to get comfortably fettled In his favorite chair, before Miss Bagley shoutd return. This chair was on the other side of the Stove and in the shadow, so that Jake did not sec, until almost upon it, that it already had an occupant, ana, to his additional amazement, the occupant was, not Miss Bagley, but his Cousin Ann! "Why. Cousin Ann!" he exclaimed, half im doubt whether it really was Cousin Ann or a vision, "is that you?" "Yes. Jake, it's really 1," Ann answered, lauuhing at the question. "How'd you get heie? Where'd you hida at the cars?" were the astonished Jake'8 next questions. "I hid, at the cars, in Aunt Ann's things, over there: and I came here with my cousin, Jake Corning," said Ann. "If that don't beat all!" said fJake, blush; ing to the roots of his hair, at the realization of having of having, for once in his life, been letrayed into playing the gallant. "I I thought" and confusion overwhelmed hiia. "Yes, you dear, good, splendid old Jake!" said Ann, leaving her seat, ami coniinir and standing before him, nnd loooking at him with sparkling oy es. "I know you thoinrht it was Aunt Ann. and so, thinking I was old, and alone, and frightened, it was all the nobler of you to take such pnins to be kind tome, and all the meaner of the other hoys to desert me and pretend they didn't hear me call. You are iust splendid, Jake!,' "What did you do it for, anyway?" asked Jake, anxious to get his cousin oil';the complimentary track. "I'll tell you that to-morrow night when the other boys are here. I've asked Aunt Bella to invite tbem over for that purio-e," said Ann, smiling. "Cousin Ann at your house! Pshaw! You're fooling!" said Ben, 'the next morning, when Jake Hold them, and gave , his mother's invitation. "Come and tee for yourself," Jake replied. In the evening, accordingly, the four cousins presented themselves ät Jake's door, and were received by their cousin Ann, who was attired in Miss Bagley's heavy shawl, and her bright face framed in M is 'Bagley's big bonnet, now worn without a veil, however. "It's a trick, and an unfair trick, too!" cried Frank. "Yes. it was atrick on you, boys." Ann admitted; "but not an unfair trick, because I had a good motive in it." And then Ann told them what Aunt Ann had i aid about bovs' gallantry, She had not been willing to accept it. Still, aunt was ,so jvositive. that after a little thought she concluded she would see how they would treat her. if they supposed it was Aunt Ann herself who had come, and so, witn the consent of her father and mother and Aunt Ann, she had disguised herself as the latter, Then she told them how disappointed she was w lien they turned their backs upon her, a lonely old lady, as they had every reason to think sh'e was, and would not even stop when she called. She also told them how she swiftly followed them when they went off, and stood near enough to overhear some of their last remarks, and how batf v, they made her feel. Furthermore, she told them how Sake had come to the rescue, and taken her home with him, and entertained her on the way, thinking, all the time, that she was Aunt Ann; and that she considered Jake a real hero, and a cousin to be proud of. "How'd you happen to b talking about manners and tests and all that stuiT, anyway''" asked Ben, after a gloomy silence. "I'm just coming to that," baid Ann. "You see, papa is going to take me to Europe ne.t month, on account of my cough, and lie said that I might invite one of you to go with us. 1 told him I didn't know which one to invite, you were all so gallant and good: and then Aunt Ann said what I've told yon, and, as I have said, I made up my mind to put yon to the test, and" "And Jake goes to Europe!" cried the boy. in a chorus. "Yes." said Ann, smiling, "that's it exactly. Jake, if he will accept father's invitation, will go to Europe with us, and I am sura he will make a delightful companion. And for years, at all the family-gatherings, the boys were badgered and mortified by aly allusions to the test to which their gallantry had been put and by which it had been w eighed in the balance and found wanting. Montkzvua, Cayuga County, N. Y.. April, Hsi Rheumatic Syrup Co.: (if: vis I feel it my duty to let you know how much 1 have been benefited by tue use of Rhen:ntic ?rup within the last three weeks. I have been a great auflcrer lor the last six years much t f the time lay limbs and hands were so trollen t.iat 1 win unahle to help myself or move without lieip. I hnre used many external applications ami liniment, which were warranted to eure, und some vi which did ail'ord temporary relief, but ttie pa iu won returned, more acute and ascrttVHtuu ttan before, 1 aru fully convinced tnat to erteet a TKMiuabent unil iastine cure (or rheumatism the liver and kidneys must be reenlaleri. I hii tne luieuinat'ckyruphanloue for uie, and new I am a weil u ever, and am indebted to you for this inVMinsMt remedy, which inure to have tae Urgent le of aay medicine ia the market, as won a its huri ; Ott kao it. 2 am tmlv your. Mu.äAKAa Dkm.su.

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Our readers are luvited to f nrobdt original cul ro, charades, riddle, rebose and other "knotty Problem." ad.1rew.inii all communication relative io this department to KB. Chadbearo, Lwiatoa, kiaiae. o. C74 Kuiguia Quotations. The whole of sixty-two letters u a couplet from Byron. The i7, 3, 22. 28, 11, 31, 18 names the author of "Peep in the man iu fit his fata To mould h:s fortunes tueu or great." The 4fi, 2, 13, 4'J, 17, 27, 40, W, 5., 31 names the author of "hahor with wht zeal we will fc-buii-thitiK Mill remain uudoie; 8omcUiitig uneumpleied alill Wait the rUing of the sua." The 50, 45, M, 15, 23, 27, 43 gives the author of. "If the stock of our blhsii in stranger haads veKtcd, The fund ill-aecured oft la bankruptcy endu: But the heart issues bills which are never protested W hen d awn on the firm of wife, children and friends." The 49. 13, 55, 20, GO, 3, 12, 51, GO was the author of "Hope lie the Rleamins taper'a llsht, adorns tMid cheers the way; And tili ai darker crows the ulgtit, J-.mlU a brighter ray," The 30, 52, 32, 09 names the author of "Fixed to no snot Is happlnem sincere. 'TU nowhere to be fouua, or everywhere." The 21, 4, 2, 51, 15, 11, 5, 37 names the author of "Weep bo more for what is put, VtiT time in motion mat's uch hata lie hath no leisnre to descry These error wo ich he pasnctu by." The 35, 30, C2, 40 gives the author of "In men this blunder still you find, All thick their little set mankind." The 29, 8, 46, 24 names the author of "Death is a mere surprise, a very snare To him that ro akes it his life's greatest cart 'Jo be a public pageant." The 1, 7, 25, 42, 0, 47, 01, 13 names tht author of "Far of all tad word of tonirue or pea The maddest are these 'It might have seen."' The 53, 11, 19, 23, 3J, 2, 10, 0 giyea the author of "Man's life i but a cheatiag game At card, and fortune plays the same l'ockins a queen up with a knave, W hilkt all would win vet none do save And lo tbemaelvr, for death Is It That laklly cuts.aud make his ait." The 2P, r2, 33, 3 23, CI was the author of Tale death, with equal foot, strike wide tk door Of royal halls an 1 hovels of the poor." The 16, 4, IS, 41, 40, 55 names the author of 'fie that of such a heif ht hath built his mind. And reared the uweiliiijoi hi thought to Bironr. As neither fear nor hope ean shake tha frame Of hia resolved powars; cor all the miad Of vanity or mahee pierce to wrong Iii eit'ci peace, or to disturb the same; V but a fair aent bath he, from whence ho may 1 nebonudleos wastes and wilJi f man surveil" , 11, "!. The 1'!, 55 names the author Of Tower may make niauy ?irthly ro 1, Where zoM and bribery's guilt prrvailj; But deallj'a uu welcome, honest odds, Kick o'er ibe uiuqual scales." The 42. 13, 1 1, 53, .'3, 5 !, 20, 4', 'A is the author of "Better t!i when st, proIct life. Than a b.i ated I cuie and a broken tHarl" J. M. No. ;.. Bqnare Acrostic. I'm form d of n'x timca letters air htich six r.'vealü a nnuie; Two to the s'ronger sex bclo.i, Tin- rest th : ludics c aim. My bonW. retd frcm point to point, Vili but on; word proclaim Foiwsrd, atro-s. and backward, loo, I p, clown, 'tis a'l the same. Benton-is. N. etc Twenty-fio Hidden Foot. Mack. "Montgomery, come with me across the moor, ere we part, and I will tell you how the English at ISeb&slopol locked up the Russians." Mont. "Nay, go a!on fellow-student, the sun burns my face. I am going by Bondoubts woode, where I shall startup, perchance, a hare; if not, I will sit in the shade and write a poem." Mack. "Well, for the latter I don't care a whit. Tie 'round tr.y neck this cravat and, ere an hour passes, I shall be home reading the "Scottish Chiefs " But look! there is a cow: perhaps we can get some milk to refresh ourselves. Mont. "Yonder comes young Campbell, ti e blacksmith's apprentice, with his axe on his shoulder and a gray fox in his hand. Where did he hunt the animal? The man's a bhrewd chap, and would hoodwink the Tope himself." Mack. "Well, here we must oart. and it almost gives me the .shakes. l'early tears are in thine eyes, too, old boy." Most. "Good-bye, Mack, aye remember yoar old chum. Sal Ma;umi. Ma. 77. C oar ade. The student burns tke midnisbt oil; Akhough in wisdom versed, TomakeKomc acquirement his lie needs must do my first. If the routine of dally life Monotonous should grew. Th wii-e man and hia fa'uhl'ul wifa Wilt uu my second go. My w hole the artist's eye must see Of verythinji he draws. Or elre in vala he follow, the Biviue art's many iaws. M A YKlOWtR. No. 678. yncopattooa. 1. From a small fruit take proceeded rapidly and leave crusty. 2. From female take a parent and leave gained. o. From existing take within and leave to entreat. Uncle Bkx. The December Prix. De Foe's "Robinson Crusoe" will be präsente! for the best lot of answers to the "Knotty Problems" published during December Bach week's solutions should be forwarded within six days after the date of the Sentinel containing the puzzles. Aoawora. Wi Wind falls(Hui. l. Martin, tin. marten 2. Earwig, wig. ear-ring. .". (ioat, oat, clad. -4. Finch, inch, tire. 5. Rhone, one, Rhode Island. a 4. Biitter-tly. ü;5. 1. Nap. pan. 2. Part, trap. 3. May, yam. 4. Rat. tar. 5. Won, now. C. - Our man of deceit Can best counterfeit (count her feet). And so I fcupposo Cau best count 'er toes. ti7. 1 A I A T i: AZALEA LATE ST ALETTE TEST E 11 E A T E It S äs. 1. Shell-ey. 2. Ten-ny-son ii. Mill lj-ton. 4. Cow-ier. 4. Dry-den. LITTLE FOLKS. Little George was questioned the other day about his big sister's beau. "How old ia her' "1 don't know." "Well, is be young?" ' I think so, for he hasn't any hair on his head!" A gentleman with a good heart was r, r at 'hing a sermon to' a number of boys. le meant well, hut lie forgot, in his eager ness to help them, that they . were very huniTy: Presently he turned to a little lad w ho was looking oat through window. aal

i-aid: ''My son, which would yoa rather have a big heart or a big brain?" The lad answered promptly: "A big doughnut!" When a small South Side boy was aiked by his Sunday-school teacher if he did not j want to be "born ai;ain,' he replied: "No, I don't. I'm afraid I might be born a girl next time." 8mallgirl: "When I die I bhall be singing with the angels;" and after a thoughtful pause "but I don't think lean sing much, for I don't know anything but a song or two in Pinafore." A bright West End Sunday-school boy explained to the pastor why the priobt and the Levite, in the good Samaritan story, paved by on the other side. He said it was "because the man was already robbed." "Ma," said a little girl to h, mother, "do men want to uet married a& much as the women 7" "Pshaw! what vou talking about?" "Why, ma, the women who come here are always talking about getting marriedthe men don't do so." A ladf Slid to her little g:rl one day: "What a large forehead you have-got! It is just like your father's. You could drive a pony carriage round it." To which her little brother, a lad of five, said: "Yea, mamma; but on papa's you can bee the marker of the wheels." "Mother," said a little four-year-old, ''what sea-son of the year was it when Adam and Eve where in the Garden of Eden?" "I don't know, my dear, un'ess it was summer perpetual summer." "Oh, no, mamma, it must have been in the fall, for, you know, apples were ripe." Little Benny was looking out of the window the other day when a man went by with a saw horse over Iiis shoulders. "What do you call that?" he queried. He was given the information desired, with the question: "Did you never see one before?" "Oh, yes," was the reply. "I saw a man put a fog of wood across one the other day and then he fiddled it." The other day a four-yenr-old girl was looking at the pictures of two angels which her mother had given her. Where do angels liveV" said she. "In Heaven," was the answer. "Do they ever come down here?" "Yes." "What for?'' "tili, to see little boys and girls behave themselves " "Then do they go back and tell?" "I believe so." Here there was a pause, and then the little lassie continued: "Well, who washes their faces and curls their hair, Moses or Abraham? A dear little child, aged two and a half i rears, was leaning on the window of his lome a few evenings ago. His little arms were folded and his bright blue eyes were gazing thoughtfully into the dark blue vault above, which was studded with myriads of twinkling stars. The earthly lights that had glimmered before in the child's sight, all around him had one by one been shut off from his vision by the closing of the shutters or lowering of curtains, and, noticing the fact, the child again looked heavenward, then turning to his mother, remarked: "Mama, God hasn't closed his blinds yet!" Christmas Hlata. (Exchange.) In every household te would strongly urge Christmas decorations. There is much pleasure in united home work. Where all are interested and busy there is sure to be happiness. We always trim with fir or hemlock. For some things the double fir we call it so is lorel v. Cedar and the trailing evergreen are pretty when they are first arranged, but soon look dry and faded, while the hemlock will remain bright and glossy as long as we care for it. giving us no trouble about shedding its leaves. We make sure of our branches, or trees, tome two weeks before Christmas. The first thoroughly stormy evening enough so to secure us from interruptions we take our miniature forest into the kitchen. DoCS Bridget care? Not she, indeed. The enthusiasm is contagious, and she works with the rest of us. Mie, with some of the children, snip the pieces of hemlock for more deft lingers to arrange. We cut the pieces for trimming about a quarter of a yard long; that gives us a good cud, and a tiny branch on either side. We commence with one of these piece?, holding the stem, the foliage hanging down ; then we place another piece upon that, making it look like a vine as much as ohsiblc. Wo r.eed yards of trimming made in like manner, tecuiing each twig by winding firmly with cotton yarn. In festooning the trimmirg over an arch we should use t'.vo separate pieces, making each seem to grow towards the center. The ends require a tw ig of hemlock tied on, hanging down to give them a finish. We must loop the evergreen over the doors and windows. Wheie the dark green trimming falls among our riant at the south windows the ell'ect ia lovely. This vine-like trimming is particularly attractive in the evening, when the shadows are rellected ujon the walls, giving the appearance of vines creeping all around the room. Over some of the pictures we would suggest a bow-knot of evergreens with Ion ends, over and under others a cross, a dove, or basket of llowers. Sadly and lovingly we twine wreaths of evergreen, intermixed with clusters of bittersweet, around the pictures of some sweet, dear faces who are with us now

only in sweet memories. If we have house plants, a deep dish filled with mosses, ferns, and other plants, autumn leaves pinned here and there, Wi'.s a bouquet of natural fresh flowers, our home will then present a very attractive appearance. The works gives pleasure in itself. It makes the home seem cheery and homelike. Any such work of mutual interest strengthens the home love. It makes happier and letter children, as well as truer, more devoted parents. Iet us celebrate our anniversaries by making them fruitful of much good. Let us enlarge our sympathies, embracing some of our kindly remembrances outside our family friends. We should educate our children to be willing co-workers. The bovs should be encouraged to make little brackets and crosses, covering them with beautiful mosses. Making wax leaves, dressing dolls, and such other work as mothers can suggest, must busy the hands and hearts of our little girls. How many ways there are to interest children and exert a lasting influence upon their characters for good, together with imparting present enjoyment, if the mother realizes her work. Freedom from the risk of lead poisoning by using glazed earthenware is said to be secured from varnishing the glazed surface with borosilicate of lime. t'nuseit of 111 Health In the fchapc of bad sewerage, the development of foetid gaes in dwelliugs and closely populated neighborhood", bad house venUlation and the impregnation of the air with miasma in the vicinity of aunfcen lots and stagnant pools, are so rife, that it is a wonder bow the Inhabitants of towns and cities preserve any immunity from disease. The neceroity for prompt and efficient household remedies la daily frowinsmoro imperative, and of these Uostetter's Stomach Bitters is the chief in merit and the most popular. Irregmlarity of the stomach and bowels, malarial fevers, liver complaint, debility, rheumatism, and minor ailments are thoroughly conquered by this incomparable family restorative and medicinal safeguard. Both in town and country it is retarded, and justly, as the purest and most comprehensive remedy of its clam, and it has, moreover, the sanction of leading medical tuen who have thoroughly and practically tetted it. On the Devonshire coast, in England, a sea grass (Porphur laciniala) is collected and made into bread by cleansing, boiling, choppin?, mixing with a small poi lion of oatmeal and baking. This bread keeps from four to eicht days. Most of it is sent to the Welsh town of Swansea, where the poorer people are fond of it Mrs. General Sherman says: I have frequently purchased Burang's ltemedy for for frifndssuüering with rheumatism, and in every instance it worked like magic" It cures when everything else fails. This is the

report tha comes from verr quarter where Uw Uetnedjr has teeu tried. A-k yor druggist for if and take no other. In the opinion of phrsicino, teeth thatare bevomingdefectiveorarettmifficiently cleaned, infect the food aud unfit it for the digestive process Health, therefore, as well jh personal attractiveness is promoted by the use of .vOUl ON T, pure in coiuposilior, apreeaMe in Ha vor, prompt aud ellective in it purify ing action, and economic, ince only a few drops upon the brush are i ceded at a lime. The jocularity of this sterling preparation isba-edupou long tested and professionally recognized merit. Don't neglect your t ough! Ayers Cherry Pectoral will quickly cure it and prevent consumption. Allen's Brain Food positively cures nervousness, nervous debility, and all weakness of generative organs; $1; six for $5. All drtiggiats. Send for circular to Allen's Pharmacy. 315 First avenue, New York. Sold ia Indianapolis by Uro wn ing fc Sloan. Make your own barometer by taking a long narrow bottle, dissolve in it two andonehalf diachms camphor in eleven drachms spirit of wine (alcohol K dissolvoin another bottle thirty -eight grains saltpetre ami thirtyeight grains sal ammoniac in nine drachms water and add. Cork the lottle and seal it with wax. then make a very small aperture through the wax and cork, with a red hot needle.

WE DO NOT CLAIM that Hood's Sarsatarilla will cure every thing, put the fact that on the purity and vitality of the blood depend the vigor and health of the whole system, and that diseaseof various kinds is often only the sign tliat nature 1 trying to remove the disturbing cause, we are naturally led to the conclusion that a remedy that gives life and vigor to the blood, eradicates scrofula and other impurities from It, as Hood's Sarsai-akim-a undoubtedly does, must be the means r preventing many diseases that would occur without lt use; hence the field of its usefulness Is quite an extended one. and we am warranted in recommendins it for all derangements ofthe system which are caused by art unnatural täte of the blood. ! Why Suffer with Salt-Rheum ? Mr 36ft. C I. noon & Co., Lowell, Mas. entlemen I wa a great sufferer from Fali-Rheum m my limbs, for a dozen yean frevlous to the summer of trr,, at w1iili im I was cured by Hood's ftirsapayilla. The ekln would become dry. chap, crack ppen. bleed and Itch intensely. m that 1 eould not help scratching, which of course made them worse At the lime I commenced taking Hood' Sarsaparilla in the summer of 1876) thev were so had that they discharged, and I was Mined to keep the in bandaged with linen cloths. The skin was rlrawn so tißht by the heat of the ilisca that if I stooped over they would crsck open and actually triiis tears Into my cm-s. 'lt.e first bottle benefited me so lunch that IconUntied taking it till 1 w cured I used one box of Hood's Olive Ointment, to ic-lieve the. itching. Hoping many other.' may icaiu ihe ralue of Hood's Sarsaparilla ami itctnc a) much benefit as 1 have, 1 am. Very truly yours, MI:, et. R. Moonv. mmvw N o. 73 iu oadw ay. Lowell, Mass., Jan. 13, ls;t. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is sld by drugKists. Price .1. or m for $."k Prcparcd by C. 1. 11001 & t o., Low ell, Mass. TO IIORSE OVNERS ! GOr.lBAULT'S CAUSTIC 4 ALSAM EWTHE GREAT FRENCH-TO VETERINARY REMEDY!! Itrpartd 2y J, K. GO MR A FLT, l- Vrtrrinitry Surgrom of On Prtnrh trorermmsnt tituj. 1 1 ilm been In prominent ne In the beut Vet-" rruiuj"7 I'rariire f :aroie tar Un-,1 paM Twenty V ear. - A SPEEDY, POSITIVE & SAFE CURE' For Curb, Splint, flwpeny. Cupped node, Rtndned Tendon, Founder, Wind Putin, all bkin DineaHcoor Parasit, Thrush, all Lufl:tnuiiümH, all Throat ficultifft, all LaiiifUOH from hpavin, lüiirhonn, and otber bony timiorH. Iteuiovea all HuncbeH or ltitvn-ii-hrn. mii't ninny oUierUlHcamvmnd ailmrataof Hotmi and Cattle. Fur hxrior to a lliurorcaubrUtjia in iU beneficial effects, never leaving bear or bluauKO, WE GUARANTEE ÄVfffS will produce more actual reeulta than a whnla bottl of any linimeut or epavin cure mixture ewr mada. Every bottle of CAUSTIC BAI.sM aold la warranted to arive fcatWInrtion. iTioe ja 1 "0 lr botUu. Hold ty üniv-,n,.H, or stut by expr, charges paid with full directioua fur iu uta. LAWRENCE, WILLIAMS & CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO, SoU Importen it Proprietor for Ott ü. S. mnd Cta EEFGRE V AND -AFTER Electric Appliances art cant on 30 Days' Trial. TO MEN ONLY, YOUNG OR OLD, WHO are Bufferintr from Naaroca Dkbiutt, Lor? Vita litt. Lack or Nkbvb Fowb amd VtirOK, WArmo WaAKMKsaaa. and U thow diwut of a I'kesosai. .S'ATuaa reeultinif from Auric and OTiii Cavsks. 8perdy relief and romplHr rvt.roration or II kalth. V tooa and Max hood o e aba ntt o. l.he srnindiitt diwoery of tha Niiwtwntlt Ontnry. bend at once for Illustrated Pamphlet free. AJ'tres VOITAIC HIT CO., MAKIHAtl. KIM. 30 DAYS' TRIAL Wst kkorb. arraa. ELFXTTO VOLTAIC TJFT.T. and othfr Eutrntvr ArruASt'Bft. We vill iwnd on Thirty Iayr' Trial, TO MKN, YOVN( Ml OU. who are Mifftnnfr from Kbbtoc Dp.Mi.rrv. Lost Vitality, and thwe diaeaaea of a 1'krsokm. Nattrk r.tmltina froaa A BD sis and Otkrr Cai.hks. Sy-iv n-lief and rotnplete restoration to 1! kalth. Viuok and MikHoo UOABiyriiKD. Send at ouct for Lil unrated l'amphlet free. AUdre? Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mica HAPPY BELIEF Speedily obtained at all stages of Chronic tisULes. truhraeitie the various form of Skin Diseases KtetiniaUin, i-crofula. 1'riniary aud Seeontiiiry Syphilis. Gleet, Impotency, Seminal Weaklier and eiierK'-torrriea p-mianeuily cured. Skill and experience cau be relied on, as I am a trra'luateof medicine and aunrery. and longer located ia this city ti an any other physician ia my special! v. I have made a special study of Female Diseases and their treatment, tan give permanent relief In Inflammation or Ulceration of Womb, i'aiuful and Suppressed Menne. Reliable Mils, with full printed directions, sent to any address for $1 per box. Consultation free aud invited. F. M. ABBETT, M. O., No. S3 Virginia Aent, Indianapolis. ft & Please note the number, tal tau votJ eflioe near with am aame.

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